A Story of Saving Species in the Seychelles (and what happens when you let a sun-starved EDGE Marine Biologist out of the office)
Before my visit my mind’s eye had Seychelles down as one of the tropical Indian Ocean paradises that has sadly ended up in the…
Discovering feathers in the Philippines
As a fish biologist by training, I am more familiar with scales than feathers, so am slightly daunted by running a workshop for the…
Community stewardship for pangolins in Nepal
I am back again with some significant updates of pangolin conservation project in eastern Nepal. We established two village level pangolin conservation committees and…
Plight of the pangolin: all eight species to move up EDGE list
The pangolin is literally being eaten out of existence according to the latest IUCN Red List update which shows that all eight species are…
Combining science and religion to save Ghana’s frogs
It was midmorning at the exquisite auditorium in the middle of the Burgers Zoo in Arnhem, Netherlands when I took my turn to address…
EDGE Fellows to visit London
This September ZSL and the EDGE of Existence team will host 10 EDGE Fellows from our 2012-2014 cohort. They will attend a two week…
Introducing EDGE Fellow: James Mougal
Bouzour! (Hello!) I’m James Mougal from the Seychelles archipelago, a group of 115 islands off the east coast of Africa, above Madagascar. I work…
Species rediscovered after more than 120 years
Last month a research team from the University of Queensland rediscovered the New Guinea big-eared bat (Pharotis Imogene), EDGE Mammal #32, a species that…
Who’s heard of the hirola?
It‘s the world’s rarest antelope, a unique, Critically Endangered species which is has received little media or conservation attention. So…who’s heard of the hirola?…
Reefs after the earthquake: A snapshot of the Danajon Bank
Former EDGE fellow Ditto dela Rosa describes the recent work surveying marine habitats following last years earthquake. We have just completed the underwater surveys…
Every cloud has a silver lining
What comes into your mind when you hear of a person determined to go into the wilderness to study an animal s/he has never…
Axolotl Workshop, Mexico
From March 24th to the 28th 2014, I attended the workshop on “The critically endangered Mexican Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) conservation programme: ecological health in…